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Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

animal behavior, behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology, animal communication, bioacoustics, neuroethology, sensory systems

Schell observes a wildlife camera trap placed in the Berkeley Hills (credit: Gayle Laird)

Christopher Schell

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

behavioral ecology, urban ecology, One Health, social-ecological dynamics, environmental justice

Dept of Integrative Biology

hormones and behavior, neuroendocrinology of reproduction

Dept of Psychology

comparative psychology, evolution of cognition, developmental psychology

Eileen A. Lacey

Dept of Integrative Biology

evolutionary biology, population, mammals, behavioral ecology, vertebrates, molecular genetics, subterranean rodents, Argentina, Chile

Annaliese Beery

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

hormones and behavior, brain and behavior, social behavior, environment, experience/exposures, neuroscience

Arthur Middleton conducting field work on Trident Plateau at the southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park.

Arthur Middleton

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

wildlife, biodiversity, ecology, conservation, environmental policy, environmental writing

Frederic Theunissen

Frederic Theunissen

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

behavior, cognition, brain, psychology, birdsong, vocal learning, audition, neurophysiology, speech perception, computational neuroscience, theoretical neuroscience

Kriegsfeld Image

Lance Kriegsfeld

Dept of Integrative Biology

Dept of Neuroscience

Dept of Psychology

Neuroendocrinology, NeuroendocrinologyCircadian Biology, cognition, mental health, Neuroimmunology, animal behavior

Roy L. Caldwell

Dept of Integrative Biology

ecology, evolution, Invertebrates, animal behavior, behavioral ecology, marine biology, stomatopods, crustaceans, cephalopods, octopus, mating systems, communication, sensory ecology, aggressive behavior, coral reef restoration

Michael B. Eisen

Michael B. Eisen

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genomics, genome sequencing, bioinformatics, animal development

Mel Y Chen

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

queer and feminist theory, disability theory, critical animal studies, materiality studies, cultural politics of race and sexuality and ability and immigration, critical linguistics, paradigms of inter and transdisciplinarity

A photo of Keltner teaching

Dept of Psychology

culture, conflict, behavior, love, psychology, emotion, social interaction, individual differences in emotion, negotiation, embarrassment, desire, juvenile delinquency, laughter, anger, social perception, negotiating morality

Dept of Integrative Biology

energetics, comparative biomechanics, arthropod, adhesion, comparative physiology, locomotion, neuromechanics, biomimicry, biological inspiration, reptile, gecko, amphibians, robots, artificial muscles

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

genetics and genomics, evolution of animals, genetic diversity in animals and plants

Kipling (Kip) Will

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Systematic Entomology

Tyrone B. Hayes

Dept of Integrative Biology

genetics, amphibians, developmental endocrinology, steroid hormones, metamorphosis, sex differentiation, hormonal differentiation, African clawed frog, Japnanes Kajika, Pine Barrens treefrog

Erica Bree Rosenblum

Erica Bree Rosenblum

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

evolutionary biology, global change biology, conservation biology, ecological genomics

Robert Dudley in the Panamanian rain forest

Dept of Integrative Biology

metabolism, biomechanics, butterflies, energetics, flight, gliding, hummingbirds, insects, paleophysiology

School of Education

mathematical cognition, design-based research, mixed-media design for mathematics learning environments, embodied interaction

Richard H. Kramer

Dept of Neuroscience

Neurons, synaptic transmission, photopharmacology, ion channels, action potentials, optical imaging, vision, learning and memory, retina, neurodegenrative disease(1551)

Robert Tjian Jacket

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

eukaryotic molecular biology; biochemistry, cellular differentiation, chromatin function, RNA synthesis, single cell imaging, single molecule imaging, disease mechanisms and translational drug therapy strategies including targeting, transcription factor activities with small molecule Glues via induced proximity and LockTac modalities

Michael Shapira, Integrative Biology

Michael Shapira

Dept of Integrative Biology

aging, host-microbe interactions, Microbiome, C. elegans

Gary Karpen

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

gene expression, cell biology, chromosome structure and function, drosophila melanogaster, centromere identity and function, biophysics, condensed phases